Furniture & White Goods

Regenda can refer you to local reuse projects and hardship schemes.

·       Turn2Us - Furniture & White Goods Support. Guidance on where to get help. https://www.turn2us.org.uk/ 

·       Reuse Charities: Many national reuse networks offer low‑cost or free essential household items.

There is support for people and families on low income to buy essential white goods. 

• Manchester City Council Welfare Provision Scheme (this link will open in a new window): Provides high-quality white goods with supplier warranties and installation for those with significant health needs, suffering a disaster, or in supported resettlement.
• Salford City Council (Salford Assist) (this link will open in a new window): Offers "resettlement grants" for essential furniture and white goods to help residents remain in or return to the community.
• Stockport Council (Crisis Support) (this link will open in a new window): Residents can apply for help with household items like cookers, fridges, and washing machines via their support funds.
• Trafford Council (Trafford Assist) (this link will open in a new window): Supports residents in short-term financial difficulty with essential white goods; note that applications for items like fridge-freezers are limited to once every 24 months.
• Rochdale Borough Council Household Support Fund (this link will open in a new window): Uses HSF allocations to provide support for household essentials for those in the most need
• Recycle for Greater Manchester (this link will open in a new window): The Renew shops stock a wide variety of homeware, garden furniture, toys, sports equipment, books and more. Items have been donated by residents and cleaned and repaired before being handpicked by staff for the shops in Eccles, Oldham and Altrincham.
  • Woodhouse Lane Recycling Centre:
    Woodhouse Lane, Altrincham, WA14 5TB
  • Arkwright Street Recycling Centre:
    Arkwright Street, Oldham, OL9 9LZ
  • Boysnope Wharf Recycling Centre:
    Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7RH

• Glasspool Charity Trust (this link will open in a new window) - - provides grants for white goods.
• United Utilities Trust Fund (this link will open in a new window)

• Essential Household Goods Support Scheme (Selnet/Under One Roof) (this link will open in a new window): This is the primary county-wide scheme run by Selnet. It works with a network of furniture reuse organisations to provide items like fridges, freezers, cookers, and beds to those in crisis.
• Lancashire County Council Reuse 360 Hub (this link will open in a new window): A dedicated project that takes donated furniture from recycling centres and re-homes it through social care teams to families in need.
• Preston City Council Household Support Fund (this link will open in a new window): Under its HSF Round 7 (active until 31 March 2026), Preston residents can apply for white goods or furniture, though awards are generally limited to one item per household.
• Blackburn with Darwen Household Support Scheme(this link will open in a new window): Provides white goods such as fridges and cookers. Note that for this council, applications for white goods must often be made by a professional referral (e.g., a social worker).
• South Ribble Borough Council Social Prescribing Support (this link will open in a new window): Their Social Prescribing team manages HSF funding specifically to help residents acquire white goods and basic furniture.
• Lancaster City Council & North Lancashire Citizens Advice (this link will open in a new window): Residents in Lancaster can access HSF support for essential items by completing an enquiry form that leads to a Citizens Advice appointment
• Glasspool Charity Trust (this link will open in a new window) - provides grants for white goods.
• United Utilities Trust Fund (this link will open in a new window)

 

There are grants available for people and families on low income to help to buy white goods, like fridges and washing machines. You can find out more information and if you can access support on the following websites:

• Cheshire West Household Support Fund, here (this is a link to another website and will open in a new tab.)
• United Utilities Trust Fund, here (this is a link to another wesbite and will open in a new tab.)
• Cheshire West HELP Scheme (this link will open in a new window) - Contact 0808 175 3599 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) or apply online for food, fuel, and essential household items.
• Cheshire East Household Support Fund (this link will open in a new window) - Provides assistance for vulnerable households, which may include white goods or furniture.
• Local Welfare Assistance (this link will open in a new window) - Various schemes exist across Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, and Warrington to support people with emergency furniture and appliances.
• Green Doctor (this link will open in a new window) - Energy-related support for Cheshire residents, which may include help with energy-efficient appliances.
• Glasspool Charity Trust (this link will open in a new window) - provides grants for white goods.